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France: Place Gabriel Peri in Beziers

March 3, 2015

Robert Menard is mayor of Beziers. Endorsed by the far-right National Front even though he is not a member, he has wasted no time cleaning up the town including a ban on satellite dishes and drying laundry on balconies.

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Mayor Robert Menard visiting a Christmas market in Beziers
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/P. Guyot

The far-right mayor is encountering resistance from various migrant associations. But he had a clear majority when he was elected a year ago, and can count on broad support for his hardline law-and-order campaign.